Kris: “Wasn’t it the very first NATO head honcho who said that the purpose of NATO was ‘to keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down?'”

Murphy: “Seems to be well enough documented …”

Kris: “So you’ve got the Germans fixing to lead the free world, displacing the Americans, who, by all accounts, are in bed with the Russians big time. To hear Facebook tell it, Trump and Putin are kissin’, um …”

Murphy: “Puts a whole new twist to the word ‘screwballs’, doesn’t it?”

Kris: “That’s it! No more vodka martinis for you!”

Murphy: “But we haven’t had time to order anything yet!”

Kris: “Well then don’t start! A nice herbal tea might start the detox process. Sheesh. But hey. You started with ‘the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down’, right? Doesn’t all this mean that what you’ve got now is ‘the Americans out, the Russians in, and the Germans up?”